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Eventually the U.S. FTC approved the Google/DoubleClick merger, but not all Commissioners unanimously agreed.◊ ◊Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour issued a dissenting statement (F.T.C.◊ ◊File No. 071-0170) stating ‘•{1•I dissent because I make alternate predictions about where this market is heading, and the transformative role the combined Google/DoubleClick will play if the proposed acquisition is consummated’.•1}•◊ ◊She explained•{2• ‘I have reason to believe that the proposed acquisition may substantially lessen competition [because] the parties likely would have competed head-to-head in the market for>>>>> third party ad-serving tools>>>>>.•2}•◊ ◊Google was developing and beta-testing its own third party ad-serving solution […] which would have competed against [DoubleClick].◊ ◊Development efforts ceased once the proposed acquisition of DoubleClick was announced.◊ ◊•{3•It is difficult to believe that Google […] would have been unable to refine its beta product and release a highly competitive >>>>>third party ad-serving >>>solution of its own. […]